Re: [MiNT] Strange getcwd() return value

[Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>]

On 16/10/2013 19:29, Ole wrote:
> I've also stumbled upon this bug in the function realpath() when
> porting netsurf. AFAIK it only happens when running under classic
> TOS, but not when running under FreeMiNT! Vincent R. confirmed the
> bug. So, notice: It only happens under classic TOS.

IMHO, that's a feature, not a bug.
But a stupid feature.

getcwd() is supposed to return a POSIX path, in other words, something 
with slashes and no drive letter. It seems that the original writers of 
the MiNTLib chose the /dev/<drive> prefix when running on TOS, which is 
a pure invention.
On the other side, when running on FreeMiNT in the same directory, 
getcwd() returns just /<drive>.
It would make sense if getcwd() could return the same thing with both 
TOS and FreeMiNT.

And frankly, the MiNTLib should provide a setting to make getcwd() 
return TOS-like directories such as C:\. Maybe that already exists.

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Vincent Rivière